Blues had an option on Elliott but have tabled new terms of one year, plus a year’s option, due to the 34-year-old’s consistency this campaign.

Blues also had an option on Spector, 27, who has been niggled by injuries of late. He has been offered a fresh two-year contract, as has Doyle, also 27.

Blues want to tie Asante, 20, down to a one-year contract, with a year’s option.

Caldwell, 32, was vice-captain to the retired Stephen Carr and was a rock for Blues when they finished fourth last season. But he lost his place at centre-half for the final 11 games of this season to Robinson, after illness.

Blues have not taken up a 12-month option and he is going to the MLS on loan until his present deal finishes on June 30.

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Pablo, 31, has hardly played in the two years since his £600,000 transfer from West Bromwich Albion - 23 starts, six this season - while Gomis, 27, struggled to force his way into the side on a regular basis.

There was no option on Pablo’s contract but a one or two-year option on Gomis’s.

Lee Clark has warned that with a vastly reduced budget and a remit to cut costs as much as possible, there were going to be big decisions made this summer.

He plans to remodel Blues around youth, but with a scattering of experienced heads firmly in the mix too.

Andrew Shinnie’s addition from Inverness Caledonian Thistle on a Bosman free transfer will have contributed to the verdicts on Fahey and Gomis.

And Clark is keen to try and get Ravel Morrison on another loan from West Ham United next season.